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Tulare council authorizes steps to bring dispatch in‑house after federal earmark award
Summary
The Tulare City Council authorized staff to proceed with consolidating police, fire and ambulance dispatch into a city‑run center and gave the city manager authority to issue a 90‑day termination notice to the county contractor once timing and federal funds permit; council approved the action unanimously (5‑0).
The Tulare City Council on Feb. 17 directed staff to move forward with consolidating police, fire and ambulance dispatch operations at the Tulare Police Department and authorized the city manager to issue a 90‑day termination notice to Tulare County Consolidated Ambulance Dispatch (TCAD/TCCAD) when implementation timing is right. The motion passed unanimously.
City management told the council that the city completed a CAD/RMS upgrade in July 2023 and that a Matrix Group study recommended waiting to consolidate until the new system was…
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